Everyone died. Not just the main characters, though. The entire world ended, everyone (and everything) died without hope of salvation. There isn't even an allusion to an afterlife. The only person left alive is the main character, who is forced to spend the rest of his days wandering aimlessly and through the remains of civilization with only his delusions to keep him company. Admittedly, the main character was a jerk, but no one deserves the fate he had to suffer.

Hunter x hunter has been shocking me as of late. It hasn't "ended", but it seemed to go from a simple adventure to pretty seriously intense situations rather quickly. I wasn't hooked until about 3-4 episodes in (and I didn't watch the original), but once the Chimera arc episodes started coming out; I found myself saying, "Holy crap", quite a few times. I still am in disbelief at some of the scenes, compared to the overall tone of the anime. But I was warned, hunter x hunter fans did warn me that it gets darker.

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The way they kill off characters in Hunter x Hunter is not very forgiving or emotionally sensitive. Often times I'm left like, "Wait, what just happened?" and they aren't necessarily these new or unfamiliar characters that you've never been introduced to. But the casual nature in which Hunter X Hunter approaches death is a bit daunting for me. One of the ones that kind of got to me was the death of the bug user, the female one. it was rather callous and emotionless. Usually anime enhances a death scene with emotional relevance or emotional highlighting but it was just so cold, it kind of bothered me for a few days. Similar to School Days or other anime that casually kill off a character.